BRONX TALE II; YANKEES RETURN TO WORLD SERIES AS RED SOX FALL : N.Y. YANKEES 6, BOSTON 1.Byline: Ben Walker Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Blame the curse and bad calls or El Duque and Derek. Blame any Yankee from DiMaggio to Dent. In the end, the story was the same: New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of wins, Boston loses. MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. Orlando Hernandez pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning and Derek Jeter  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled until (UTC) due to vandalism. hit a two-run homer as the Yankees won their record 36th pennant and a return trip to the World Series, beating Boston 6-1 Monday night in Game 5 of the AL Championship Series. ``To repeat after the incredible year we had last year is a great accomplishment,'' Yankees manager Joe Torre Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. said. ``I tried to warn the club in spring training that we cannot compete against ourselves because it was a once-in-a-lifetime thing,'' he said. ``We had to earn it this year. It was probably more satisfying this year.'' The wild-card Red Sox brought out all their good-luck charms at Fenway Park • • [ , and yet it did no good against their longtime tormentors. Babe Ruth's 82-year-old daughter threw out the first ball - trying to reverse the Curse of the Bambino The Curse of the Bambino was a superstition cited, often jokingly, as a reason for the failure of the Boston Red Sox baseball team to win the World Series in the 86 year period from 1918 until 2004. - and Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez roused the well-behaved crowd of 33,589 from the dugout and bullpen. And still it will be the Yankees heading off to defend their World Series title while the Red Sox, after an eighth-inning rally fell short, and their fans are left hoping for better luck next time. ``We really had a fine year. I told those kids in there we had a fine year all year long,'' Red Sox manager Jimy Williams James Francis "Jimy" Williams (born October 4, 1943 in Santa Maria, California) is the current bench coach for the Philadelphia Phillies and a former manager of three Major League Baseball teams. said. ``They really did a lot for this city this summer.'' Game 1 of the World Series will be Saturday night at the home of the NL champion. Atlanta leads the New York Mets
NLCS North Lawrence Community Schools (various locations, USA) NLCS National Landscape Conservation System , with Game 6 tonight at Turner Field • • [ . The Yankees played both teams this summer and this will the first time World Series opponents have met in the regular season. Coming off its record 125-win season, New York became the AL's first repeat champion since Toronto in 1992-93 and earned its third trip to the World Series in four years. The Yankees will have a chance to win their 25th title. All of them have come since the Red Sox won their last championship in 1918, two years before they sold Ruth to New York. ``We didn't have all the miracles all the other teams were having, but we just hung in there,'' Yankees owner George Steinbrenner George Michael Steinbrenner III (born July 4, 1930 in Rocky River, Ohio), often known as "The Boss", is an American billionaire businessman and the principal owner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. said. ``It always feels good to be in the World Series. No matter how you get there, it feels great.'' Certainly it was special to Torre, who missed the first 36 games of the season while recovering from prostate cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. surgery. ``You're never sure you're going to care once you get back,'' Torre said. Hernandez, blowing on his hand to keep warm on a chilly night, improved to 4-0 with an 0.97 ERA in five career starts in the postseason. Two years ago, his half-brother Livan was MVP of the NLCS for the Florida Marlins The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Marlins are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From to the present, the Marlins have played in Dolphin Stadium. . ``This is a beautiful moment,'' El Duque said through an interpreter. Hernandez got a no-decision in Game 1, allowing two earned runs in eight innings. This time, El Duque shut down the Red Sox on three hits through seven innings, striking out nine. He left after Jason Varitek Jason Andrew Varitek (born April 11, 1972 in Rochester, Michigan) is an American baseball player. After being traded as a minor league prospect by the Seattle Mariners, Varitek has played his entire major league career for the Boston Red Sox. homered to start the eighth and Nomar Garciaparra followed with a double. Mike Stanton relieved, setting off a series of mix-and-match moves by Torre and Williams. Allen Watson wound up walking pinch-hitter Butch Huskey to load the bases with one out. But just like always, the Red Sox fell short against the Yankees. Ramiro Mendoza, New York's fifth pitcher of the inning, came in from the bullpen and kept it at 4-1, striking out pinch-hitter Scott Hatteberg on a 3-2 pitch that bounced and getting Trot Nixon on a foul pop. Jorge Posada hit a clinching two-run homer off Tom Gordon in the ninth, and Mendoza closed for a save. This first-ever postseason meeting between the Yankees and Boston ended up the same way regular-season duels did for so many years, from the days when Joe DiMaggio led New York over Ted Williams and the Red Sox, to the afternoon when Bucky Dent's homer won a 1978 AL East tiebreaker tie·break·er n. An additional contest or period of play designed to establish a winner among tied contestants. Also called tiebreak. tie . Despite the disappointment, the Red Sox fans did not let their frustration spill over. Maybe a heavy security presence was responsible but it was quite a different scene from Sunday night, when the Fenway faithful littered the field with debris after an umpire's bad call. Twice during the series, umpires admitted blowing calls against Boston. The Red Sox did not help themselves in the five games, though, by making 10 errors. Rather, all that promise the Red Sox held - they rallied from an 0-2 deficit to beat Cleveland in the best-of-5 division series, then roughed up former star Roger Clemens in Game 3 of this series - went to waste. Chuck Knoblauch led off the game with a single against Kent Mercker and Jeter homered into a stiff wind for a center-field shot that made it 2-0. After only eight pitches, Bryce Florie was warming up for the Red Sox. ``We wanted to score early and give El Duque some breathing room,'' Jeter said. ``All he needed tonight was two runs.'' It was a cold night - 48 degrees at game time with a 17 mph wind. During batting practice, a few Yankees players in left field tried beat the chill by stepping through a door into the Green Monster itself. Dugout notes: The Yankees finish 1999 with a 1,011-826 edge over the Red Sox. . . . Mercker made three starts in this postseason and never got past the fourth inning. . . . Jeter barely missed another home run in the third when his opposite-field slice blew foul past the right-field pole. OCTOBER IN THE BIG APPLE The New York Yankees Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. will make their 36th appearance in the Fall Classic after defeating the Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are a member and currently champions of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball’s American League. From to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park. in five games in the ALCS ALCS American League Championship Series (baseball)ALCS Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (UK) ALCS Airborne Launch Control System . Here's a look at their history in the World Series. 1921 N.Y. Giants 5 Yankees 3 1922 N.Y. Giants 4 Yankees 0 1923 Yankees 4 N.Y. Giants 2 1926 Cardinals 4 Yankees 3 1927 Yankees4 Pirates 0 1928 Yankees 4 Cardinals 0 1932 Yankees4 Cubs 0 1936 Yankees 4 N.Y. Giants2 1937 Yankees 4 N.Y. Giants 0 1938 Yankees 4 Cubs 0 1939 Yankees 4 Reds 0 1941 Yankees 4 Dodgers 1 1942 Cardinals 4 Yankees 1 1943 Yankees 4 Cardinals 1 1947 Yankees 4 Dodgers 3 1949 Yankees 4 Dodgers 1 1950 Yankees 4 Phillies 0 1951 Yankees 4 Giants 2 1952 Yankees 4 Dodgers 3 1953 Yankees 4 Dodgers 2 1955 Dodgers 4 Yankees 3 1956 Yankees 4 Dodgers 3 1957 Braves 4 Yankees 3 1958 Yankees 4 Bravesv 3 1960 Pirates 4 Yankees 3 1961 Yankees 4 Reds 1 1962 Yankees 4 Giants 3 1963 Dodgers 4 Yankees 0 1964 Cardinals 4 Yankees 3 1976 Reds 4 Yankees 0 1977 Yankees 4 Dodgers 2 1978 Yankees 4 Dodgers 2 1981 Dodgers 4 Yankees 2 1996 Yankees 4 Braves 2 1998 Yankees 4 Padres 0 CAPTION(S): 2 photos, chart PHOTO (1 -- color) The New York Yankees celebrate their victory against the Boston Red Sox in Game 5, sending them back to the World Series. (2) Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (2) is congratulated by teammates after his two-run homer to wrap up the ALCS. Barton Silverman/The New York Times CHART: October in the Big Apple (see text) |
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